The grounds department takes care of 400-plus acres covering 15 campuses with just 13 employees, and Mr. Thompson manages the day-to-day planning and implementing to make sure the district is in tip top shape.

Congratulations to the 2018-2019 LISD Leadership Academy. The Academy develops leadership capacity in participants to enable them to progress as leaders on their campuses and in the district. 

The Learning and Innovation Showcase will highlight fascinating technology projects from students across the district.

Meme Jenkins: “School meals may be the only meal kids get. If I’m not going to eat it, I’m not going to serve it. If it’s the only meal they get, it will be the best meal.”

Come enjoy a night at the Tom Jack Lucas Auditorium at Lufkin High School to watch the LHS Panther Players’ first play of the school year. General Admission is $5 per person.

The Golden Spatula Award is given out monthly to the campus cafeteria staff that goes above and beyond to not only serve food to our students, but to serve with kindness, style and enthusiasm.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and Lufkin ISD will be hosting a Dyslexia Awareness Parent Night. Please join us for this event on Monday, October 29th at 6 p.m. at the Pines Theater.

I tell the kids if you have the desire to try, you can succeed in anything. So many kids are not pushed to do anything. They play video games. They don’t go outside and ride bikes. When I was young, I was never home – push kids to get outside.

The students enjoyed pizza, fun activities, and received a new book to read before the next meeting. The first book the club will read is “Ghost” by Jason Reynolds. The club was created because of a grant from the Lufkin Education Foundation.